Exposure effects in design idea generation: Unconscious conformity or a product of sampling probability?

Proceedings of NordDesign 2006 Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 42-55

  Perttula, Matti K ^a   Liikkanen, Lassi A ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Design fixation; Idea generation; Protocol analysis

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL REVIEW; DESIGN IDEAS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ENGINEERING DESIGN; EXPOSURE EFFECTS; EXTERNAL REPRESENTATIONS; IDEA GENERATION; INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FACTORS; POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS; PROTOCOL ANALYSIS; SENIOR STUDENTS;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 84858166887     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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